Chicken Manchurian

Submitted by Chefsarah _kamal

"found in chinese restaurants, a sizzling nhot dish, served with vegetable fried rice"

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 chicken breasts, cut into cubes

• MARINADE FOR CHICKEN

• 1 teaspoon cornflour
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground black pepper

• SAUCE

• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon gingerroot, chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1⁄4 cup ketchup or 1/4 cup chilli ketchup
• 1⁄4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce
• 1 green chili, finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon msg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• 2 tablespoons water

directions

1. marinate the chicken cubes with the ingredients for the marinade.
2. heat the oil in a wok.
3. add ginger & garlic and sweat it for a minute.
4. add chicken & stir fry it for 5-8 minutes.
5. take it off the flame & then put in the stock, ketchup, sugar, tobasco, green chilli, MSG, salt, black pepper.
6. in a small cup mix together the corn flour & water.
7. put the wok back on the heat & cook for 5 minutes.
8. add the corn flour paste n cook for 2 more minutes.
9. you can add a little red food color to brighten it up.

Reviews

[YasserTariq]

Although not a completely authentic Chinese dish, still very savoury. Thanks.